Milk bottle holder



5"':11 will. H. E. RILEY MILK BOTTLE HOLDER Filed June 27. 1939 hiv/ry E .FB/76g INVENTOR ATTOR N EYS WITNESS Patented July 8, 1941 UNITED STATES MLK BOTTLE HOLDER Harry E. Riley, East Hampton, N. Y.

Application June 27, 1939, Serial No. 281,477

2 Claims. (Cl. 2li-75) The object of the invention is to provide a holder for milk bottles adapted to support one or more in a position out of the reach of small children, cats, dogs and the like, so that they may be free from interference by such and thereby prevented from becoming contaminated or broken.

Another object of the invention is to provide a support of the kind indicated which may be adjusted to accomodate various sizes of bottles.

Still another object is to provide a support adapted to support one or more bottles and to have the unused parts, when the full complement of bottles is not being held, so positioned with respect to the other parts that it may present the appearance of being designed only for the supported number of bottles.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind indicated which is of simple form and therefore susceptible of cheap manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention appear in the specication following when read in the light of the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the invention, the bottles to be supported being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly in section, showing the parts positioned as when the device would be arranged to support only one bottle.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on the line --lI of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing, the rod I, which is formed with an integral collar 2 adjacent the lower end thereof, is held in vertical position and in spaced relation to the wall or other supportiig surface by upper and lower brackets 3 and The upper bracket 3, is of looped form to embrace the upper end of the rod I and the leg portions are spanned by a bolt 5 whose threaded end receives a nut 6. Tightening the nut, therefore, compresses the looped portion of the bracket around the rod and therefore rigidly retains the same.

The lower bracket 4 is formed with a socket 'I bordered with a flange 8 of the same dimensions as the collar 2.

Pear shaped bases 9 and I!) have their reduced portions disposed one on top of the other between the flange 8 and collar 2 and are formed with openings through which the rod I passes.

The bases thus are pivotally mounted on the rod and are adequately supported by the flange 8 and collar 2, the latter resisting bending stress imposed by any load placed upon the bases.

Above the bases are mounted the bottle neck engaging clips II and I2 carried at the extremities of arms I3 and I4, the inner ends of which are formed with collars I5 and I6 embracing the rod I and secured in any adjusted position on the rod by means of winged set screws I'I.

The bases are provided, one with an embracing flange I8 and the other with a partially embracing flange IS, the latter being on the base I0 and its restriction to one side edge of the base permitting the latter to be swung under the upper base with the iiange I9 in lateral contact with the iiange I8.

When one bottle is supported the bases are in the positions shown in Figures 2 and 4 and the retained bottle has its neck embraced by both the clips Il and I2. When two bottles are supported the base II) is swung from under the base 9, as in Figures 1 and 3, and a bottle is placed on each, one of the neck clips being adjusted to embrace the neck of the bottle on the one base and the other clip to embrace the neck .of the bottle on the other base.-

What is claimed is:

l. A bottle support comprising an upright rod, clips adjustable on the rod vertically and laterally for engaging the neck of the bottles, bases receiving the lower ends of the bottles adapted to swing on the rod under the clips to nest ln one direction, a peripheral upstanding flange eX- tending from the sides and the free end of the upper base, a peripheral upstanding flange on the side remote from the upper base and its free end of the underlying base, and a collar bearing on the overlapping base in locked position.

2. A bottle support comprising an upright rod including a collar near its lower extremity, a bracket anchored to a wall and receiving the upper end of the rod through an eye formed therein, a socket member anchored in the wall and receiving said lower extremity and having an annular flange at its top, a pair of bases adapted to support one or two bottles in nesting or angular related positions, reduced extensions integral with the bases swingingly mounted laterally on the rod between the collar and iiange, upstanding flanges formed on the periphery of the bases limiting the bases to nesting in one direction, and a clamping means clamping the eye on the rod in its lowest assembled position.

HARRY E. RILEY. 

